60 Floricultnral cnid Botanical Notices. 



tatc, tlirec-partcd, with ovate acuminate lobes, and axilla- 

 ry liower-stems. producing a cluster of three or four deep, 

 rich, purple bell-shaped blossoms. The species is easily 

 cultivated and may be treated as an annual. The tuberous 

 roots should be potted in spring and placed in a hotbed, 

 and as the stems advance they should be shifted into 

 larger pots or placed in the open ground in June, where 

 they will grow rapidly and flower abundantly. At the 

 end of the season, the roots should be taken np and placed 

 away m paper or sand until the potting season again ar- 

 rives. Sandy loam peat and sand suit them, Avitli but lit- 

 tle water when first potted. {Bot. Reg., Sept.) 



P7'imuldcecE. 



PRl'MULA 



denticul6.ta Smith. Tootli-Ielted primrose. A hardy plant ; growing a foot liigli ; witli pale 

 lilac'flowers ; appearing ifi spring ; a native of India ; increased by division of the root 

 or by seeds, cultivated in wet loamy soil- Bot. Reg., 1842, t. 47. 



A fine hardy species, a native of the Himalayan moun- 

 tains, where it is found growing at an elevation of eight or 

 ten thousand feet ; in early spring, when the snow has just 

 begun to melt from the neighborhood of stones and trees, 

 or from situations exposed to the full influence of the solar 

 rays, this species is found in luxuriant flower. The foliage 

 has much the appearance of the common polyanthos, and 

 the flowers, which are of a delicate pale lilac shade, appear 

 in a dense umbel. In the London Horticultural Society's 

 garden, it has flowered in a pot in a frame, but it is quite 

 hardy. In cultivation it requires a rich loamy soil, and a 

 dry situation ; it is easily increased either by division of the 

 root or by seeds, which should be sown in pans filled with 

 light soil, a quarter of an inch deep. They should after- 

 wards be transplanted to a proper situation in the bor- 

 der. {Bot. Reg., Aug.) 



BignoinkceiB. 



BIGSONM 



picta Lindl. Painted bignonia. A greenhouse climber; growing ten feet high ; with TJoIet 

 flowers; appearing in April or May; increased by cuttings and seeds ; cultivated in a rich 

 loamy soil. Bot. Reg., 1842, t. 45. 



All the bignonias are handsome plants, though several 

 of them are of too robust a growth to cultivate in pots. 

 The present subject is, however, of slender habit, " particu- 

 larly well suited for trellising in a pot."' It has large violet 

 flowers, with deep rich purple veins which have a fine 

 appearance. Its treatment should be the same as that for 



